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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Take better vacation photos in a snap

WASHINGTON — My shoe boxes of travel photographs bring back memories of the pictures that got away.

Drew Barrymore says she will never forget...

Drew Barrymore says she will never forget the look on Mark Wahlberg’s face when she told him how sexy he was. It was at an awards show, and she was letting him know that, in her new movie “Going the Distance,” she performed a comic riff on his studliness.

Breaking the rules of ‘I dos’

By now, you know there are enough wedding rules out there to fill volumes of etiquette books. So WeddingChannel.com asked brides if they could break just one rule, which one would it be?

Sunday, August 22, 2010

BEst Sellers

HARDCOVER FICTION

Thanks to his handlebar mustache and tha

Thanks to his handlebar mustache and that shiny pocket watch pinned to the vest of his dark suit, you can guess Liborio Scaccia’s wedding took place generations ago. • It was during 1902, in fact, that he and Anna Longo exchanged vows. • Still, if you meander through the exhibit “Just Married: 70 Years of Weddings in Coal Country, 1880-1950” at the Anthracite Heritage Museum in Scranton, you’re bound to notice one thing. • As if you didn’t already know — the changing fashions of wedding finery are all about the bride. • A dark-hued, floor-length dress with leg o’mutton sleeves? Annie Jones wore that in January 1888, back in the days when a woman’s wedding called for her Sunday best, most likely not a white gown.

Create the perfect host of late-night

NBC likes Jay better than it did Conan or Dave. To follow him, Dave liked two Craigs and a Tom. Jimmy succeeded Conan, who succeeded Dave, who succeeded Tom.

Sonic rewind: a surprising comeback for cassettes

LOS ANGELES — When the vinyl LP began its modest but highly publicized commercial comeback a few years ago, the format felt easy to love again. With sprawling artwork, pristine sound quality and the adoring ritual of flipping album sides, its return united young bohemia and their boomer parents alike.